diff --git a/main/ruby-sqlite3/APKBUILD b/main/ruby-sqlite3/APKBUILD
index 694a86c5305..696c8956a99 100644
--- a/main/ruby-sqlite3/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/ruby-sqlite3/APKBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ url="http://rubygems.org/gems/sqlite3"
 arch="all"
 license="GPL"
 depends="ruby"
-depends_dev="sqlite-dev"
+depends_dev="sqlite-dev ruby-dev"
 makedepends="$depends_dev rubygems"
 install=""
 subpackages=""